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Masonic Cancer Center

In research, Masonic Cancer Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,256 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#6,653 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,885 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,556
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#119
of 1,041
Research works
340
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
66.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Masonic Cancer Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #4,256 of 14,347 30.4%165
MedicineField #6,653 of 17,978 32.9%146
Health SciencesDomain #8,885 of 20,462 32.5%151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Masonic Cancer Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.10× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 12.27× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.93× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.64× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Masonic Cancer Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Prognostic Factors, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Natural Killer Cells, NK Cell Recognition, DNA Damage and Immunotherapy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer38▲ 8.0×41 topics
  2. Inflammation29▲ 3.7×43 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress21▲ 3.3×32 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors19▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Hematopoietic Stem Cells17▲ 49×3 topics
  6. Immunotherapy15▲ 6.7×16 topics
  7. Chemotherapy15▲ 6.1×19 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy15▲ 6.8×14 topics
  9. NK Cell Recognition15▲ 42×1 topic
  10. Natural Killer Cells15▲ 42×1 topic
  11. DNA Damage14▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Metabolism13▲ 5.9×21 topics
  13. Breast Cancer12▲ 13×10 topics
  14. Cancer Immunotherapy12▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Transcriptional Regulation12▲ 14×8 topics
  16. Autoimmunity12▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Immunity11▲ 9.5×9 topics
  18. TGF-ß11▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Risk Assessment11▲ 5.3×5 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment11▲ 8.8×8 topics
  21. Cancer Risk10▲ 12×6 topics
  22. CD4+CD25+10▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Foxp310▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Angiogenesis10▲ 7.3×13 topics
  25. Environmental Monitoring10▲ 9.5×2 topics
  26. Biomarkers10▲ 4.8×9 topics
  27. Mesenchymal Stem Cells10▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Comet Assay10▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Genotoxicity Testing10▲ 66×1 topic
  30. Bone Marrow Niche9▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Graft-versus-Host Disease9▲ 81×1 topic
  32. Cell Signaling9▲ 8.1×12 topics
  33. Innate Immunity9▲ 7.4×7 topics
  34. Signaling8▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Therapeutic Targets8▲ 10×7 topics
  36. Minimal Residual Disease8▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Nuclear Receptors8▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Genetic Alterations8▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Antigen Presentation8▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Pediatric Oncology8▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Masonic Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, CAR-T cell therapy research and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 1 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 1 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 0 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders…0Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 0 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 0 fractional worksEstrogen and related hormone effects: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksCancer-related Molecular Pathways: 0 fractional works
OncologyImmunologyEpidemiologyCancer Research3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 1 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 0 works
  6. 6 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 0 works
  7. 7 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 0 works
  8. 8 Estrogen and related hormone effects Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  10. 10 Cancer-related Molecular Pathways Oncology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Masonic Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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